Embedded Systems Jobs in the South East

Embedded Systems
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 270 279
Rank change year-on-year +51 +9 +45
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 89 128 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.94% 0.74% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 2.18% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 32 89 54
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -19.29% +30.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £70,625 £66,500 £84,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +18.18%

All Generic Skills
South East

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,673 5,862 6,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 38.81% 33.84% 42.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,823 3,780 3,096
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £34,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £73,963
90th Percentile £76,150 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the South East.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +56 23 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Surrey +57 21 £63,750 +2.00% 22
Thames Valley +51 19 £52,500 -11.76% 66
Oxfordshire +44 16 £90,000 +51.26% 12
Isle of Wight - 12 £65,000 -
Kent +19 5 - - 19
East Sussex +25 4 £52,500 -4.55% 7
Middlesex - 3 - -
West Sussex +30 2 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Buckinghamshire +25 2 £43,750 -20.45% 13
Berkshire +37 1 £45,000 -18.18% 42
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.25%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.09%) Broadband
2 17 (19.10%) Wireless
3 16 (17.98%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (2.25%) MQTT
5 1 (1.12%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.12%) HTTP
5 1 (1.12%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 25 (28.09%) JIRA
2 13 (14.61%) Git
3 2 (2.25%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.12%) GDB
General
1 18 (20.22%) Finance
2 15 (16.85%) Aerospace
3 11 (12.36%) Electronics
4 6 (6.74%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.62%) Social Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Automotive
6 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.25%) Marketing
6 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.25%) Retail
6 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.12%) Advertising
7 1 (1.12%) Agriculture
7 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (51.69%) Embedded Engineer
2 25 (28.09%) Release Engineer
3 18 (20.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 18 (20.22%) Software Engineer
4 12 (13.48%) Lead
4 12 (13.48%) Software Team Leader
4 12 (13.48%) Team Leader
5 6 (6.74%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Senior
7 3 (3.37%) Design Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) FPGA Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Development Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Electronics Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Firmware Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Information Assurance Specialist
8 2 (2.25%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (28.09%) Middleware
2 13 (14.61%) Qt
3 12 (13.48%) XML
4 3 (3.37%) .NET
5 1 (1.12%) HTML
5 1 (1.12%) HTML5
5 1 (1.12%) React
5 1 (1.12%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.98%) e-Learning
1 16 (17.98%) MicroBlaze
1 16 (17.98%) RISC-V
2 4 (4.49%) Robotics
3 3 (3.37%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (3.37%) FPGA
3 3 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.25%) IoT
4 2 (2.25%) Self-Driving Car
5 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.12%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.12%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (26.97%) Linux
2 21 (23.60%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.25%) Unix
4 1 (1.12%) Debian
4 1 (1.12%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (47.19%) Agile
2 33 (37.08%) Software Engineering
3 26 (29.21%) Artificial Intelligence
4 25 (28.09%) CI/CD
4 25 (28.09%) Continuous Deployment
4 25 (28.09%) Release Automation
4 25 (28.09%) Roadmaps
4 25 (28.09%) Software Delivery
4 25 (28.09%) Strategic Thinking
5 17 (19.10%) Digital Signal Processing
5 17 (19.10%) Signal Processing
6 16 (17.98%) Innovative Thinking
7 15 (16.85%) Validation
8 13 (14.61%) Knowledge Transfer
8 13 (14.61%) Manual Testing
8 13 (14.61%) Regression Testing
8 13 (14.61%) Software Testing
8 13 (14.61%) Test Automation
8 13 (14.61%) Verification and Validation
9 12 (13.48%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 48 (53.93%) C
2 39 (43.82%) C++
3 18 (20.22%) Python
4 12 (13.48%) Ada
5 3 (3.37%) Go
6 2 (2.25%) C#
6 2 (2.25%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.12%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.12%) Java
7 1 (1.12%) MicroPython
Qualifications
1 22 (24.72%) SC Cleared
1 22 (24.72%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (6.74%) Degree
4 2 (2.25%) CEH
4 2 (2.25%) CISM
4 2 (2.25%) CISSP
5 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.25%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (24.72%) Firmware
2 18 (20.22%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (3.37%) Xilinx
2 2 (2.25%) Cadence
2 2 (2.25%) EMC
2 2 (2.25%) SAP
3 1 (1.12%) Red Hat